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Mentor of the Meek Discussion

5 hours ago

I've been playing around with Boros angels in MTG Arena and have found that going for the aggro plan works fairly well against other fast or midrange style decks since you have speed coupled with the survivability of lifegain. However, the deck really suffers against control since the removal of early threats limits the amount of pressure you can exert. Boros has it especially rough since you'll tend to run out of cards as the game drags on.

For the first problem, I've found Adanto Vanguard to be a Godsend. It's an enormous threat like some other 2 drops but it's much harder to dislodge. My win rate rose a lot after switching a playset in. There's a bit of a nonbo with Vanguard and mentor triggers, but I still think it's worth inclusion in at least the side. Finding effective card advantage sources has been much more difficult. I'm currently using Mentor of the Meek since it can be triggered by most Boros weenies and even Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice. Other options like Dawn of Hope, Arcane Encyclopedia, and Sarkhan, Fireblood just don't seem to fit into the archetype. If you have any ideas, let me know.

12 hours ago

championeggo Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have to take a look at your list. I know my draw is pretty underwhelming, I like Mentor of the Meek I just don't like that it's not a vampire, but neither are sign in blood or siphon mind so I may replace one of them for it. As far as Coffers, I'll probably pick up a copy eventually but I wanna work on getting shocks, fetches, and Purphoros, God of the Forge as my next more expensive cards.

13 hours ago

dlj529 As a fellow Edgar player I love the foundation you have. Obvious stand out is Cabal Coffers would be huge for you since you have Urborg. Also you have some expensive vamps that are very late game, but would pay off if you can get them down early. Also as much as I LOVE Phyrexian Reclamation, and I tried it in my Edgar Deck before I just never really needed to dig in my graveyard and it was a dead card most of the time, and there are better ways to draw cards than sign in blood and syphon mind, but if you dont have anything else they are find. Phyrexian Arena and Mentor of the Meek are great for this deck. Nonetheless good start and I gave an Upvote.
Cheers! My list is below if you wanted to bounce some ideas. Happy Brewing!

1 day ago

Completely forgot about Mentor of the Meek, not a knight so I can see why I overlooked this but splashed in there for purely card draw looks amazing. I'm swapping out the Llanowar Elves for now and will see how this works out. I'm liking how this deck is coming together. Everyone's suggestions are amazing!

5 days ago

I love the idea and I have a competitive similar deck, but I just feel this is very inconsistent, too many parts, I would cut Llanowar Elves with a mostly white deck you need a forest to play it and then after that it can only give you a forest. I would also cut Sprouting Renewal any token deck need a 4 of for Saproling Migration. Personally I would also cut Dawn of Hope i understand it is for draw and to get more tokens but its pricey to get the tokens and the 2 man cost to draw a card is a lot also, Mentor of the Meek would do almost the same think for less mana, Finally i would think of cutting Fountain of Renewal the life gain is great but you should be making a lot of lifelink soldiers so you don’t really need that life gain. Overall i think they deck is trying to be 2 things a life gain deck and a token deck and you should try to make it more consistent.

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